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spicuous patch of black raised scales situated on interval 1 below 
the cell, and extending outwardly on either side of vein 2 at its 
origin. Expanse 34 mm. 
Type in collection of Dr. Staudinger. 
Hab. Valley of the Ogové (Mocquerys). 
236. B. nerorHa, Hew. 
Hesperia netopha, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vol. i. p. 345 
1878). 
Hesperia roncilgonis, Ploetz, 8. E. Z. vol. xii. p. 450 (1882). 
Pamphila roncilgonis, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vol. xli. 
p- 139, pl. viii. fig. 11 (1893). 
Pamphila cojo, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. -p. 250, 
pl. vi. fig. 7 (1893). 
Var. nyass#, Hew. (Plate I. fig. 8.) 
Hesperia nyasse, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vol. i. 
p- 345 (1878). 
Hab. Natal, Mashonaland, Angola, Gaboon, Cameroons, 
Togoland. 
This is one of the most singularly coloured species of the group. 
I have a good series of specimens from Gaboon and Cameroons, 
which agree very well with specimens received from Mr. Trimen, 
who obtained them from Mr. F. C. Selous, who took them in 
Manica. The type of Hesperia nyassw, Hew., I think is a female. 
It is larger and paler on the underside than any specimens I have 
seen from other localities. I cannot, however, bring myself to 
believe that it is anything more than a variety of B. netopha. It 
is worthy of note that there is much variation in the ground-colour 
of the underside of the wings in this species. No two specimens 
in a series of ten or twelve are exactly of the same shade, and the 
eround-colour runs from a pale yellowish ochraceous to a pale 
reddish brown, tinged with pink. The three small subapical spots 
which appear in a majority of specimens are wanting in: others. 
They are variable. 
237. B. Monast, Trim. > 
Pamphila monasi, Trim. 8. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 317. 
Hab. Natal. 
238. B. taracn, Mab. 
Pamphila tarace, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxxyv. p. elxxix 
(1891); Novit. Lepidopt. p. 114, pl. xvi. fig. 1 (1893). 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
239. B. supnorata, Holl. 
Parnara (?) subnotata, Holl. Ent. News, vol. v. p. 94, pl. iii. 
fig. 13 (1894). 
Pamphaila rufipuncta, Mab. MS. in Dr. Staudinger’s collection, 
Hab. Valley of the Ogové, 
